Healthcare waste (HCW) poses several environmental and public health challenges. However, much attention has not been given to its management. The present study sought assess the healthcare management (HCWM) practices in Tamale Central Hospital (TCH) by characterizing measuring quantities of generated associated implications. Observation value chain management, quantification using a weighing s...

Hospital waste is considered dangerous because it may possess pathogenic agents and can cause undesirable effects on human health and the environment. In Iran, neither rules have been compiled nor does exact information exist regarding hospital waste management. The survey presented in this article was carried out in all 15 private hospitals of Fars province (Iran) from the total numbers of 50 ...

Abstract Background: In 2007, a rule prohibiting the use of incinerators was ratified by the Iranian Islamic Parliament. Based on this rule, the Ministry of Health emphasized the sterilization of infectious waste at its production source by means of non-incineration equipment and methods. This research examined the performance of non-incineration technologies in treating medical infectious and ...

Abstract The situation of health-care waste in the Gaza Strip was threatening environment and public health due to absence appropriate (HCW) handling, treatment, disposal. In 2016, total amount HCW generated estimated about 7199 kg day −1 . Around 20% wastes infectious, on-site segregation done only for sharps most care facilities, while other infectious were comingled with noninfectious normal...

The management of waste in the dental office is dictated by the federal, state, and local ordinances in force in the locale in which the office is located. The dentist must first determine what the laws require and then implement the changes in waste management into the office setting. The local component society of the ADA often provides such information; otherwise, the health department of th...

Biosafety Forms, Manuals & Plans Forms: Sharps Waste Disposal Form [1] BUA Amendment form (use when amending a BUA that is in the old MS Word form) [2] Laboratory Course and Facility SOP Submission Form [3] (contact the Biosafety Office before completing this form) Biosafety Laboratory Audits Laboratory audit form [4] Safety Training Attendance Record [5] In-line vacuum filter [6] VMCS website,...

BACKGROUND Sharps injuries create a high volume of occupational health (OH) workload in the health care setting. The deadline for implementation of the European Sharps Directive was 11 May 2013. AIMS To compare the epidemiology of sharps injuries reported in a large Irish teaching hospital in 2008-10 with those reported between 1998 and 2000. METHODS We compared data from electronic and pap...

Sharps-related injuries carry the risk of serious blood borne infection. A systematic review was undertaken to consider the evidence related to safer sharps devices and their impact on needlestick injury reduction within the healthcare sector. The review sought to determine whether: n the use of safer sharps devices could reduce the incidence of sharps injury; n dedicated educational / training...

To the Editor—The Massachusetts Department of Public Health mandates that all Massachusetts hospitals maintain an active log to track sharps injuries due to the health risks related to such injuries. These logs are used to guide continuous quality improvement activities aimed at preventing sharps injuries. A review of sharps injuries at UMass Memorial Medical Center (UMMMC) in 2013 showed a see...

A detailed assessment of an incinerator based on fuel consumption and cycle time data is presented in this paper. The study was conducted at Temeke district hospital for 22 months consecutively covering 654 days of daily data collection on waste loading rate fuel consumption and cycle times. The composition for the medical waste incinerated varied between 15% and 35% for sharps waste and betwee...